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Posted on 22 December 202311 January 2024

Digital developments from Canberra 67

Clare O'Neil 067

There’s always something big in the final days before Christmas, and this year it’s a discussion paper about Home Affairs’ powers over critical infrastructure. The ATO has a new website, more on the news bargaining code, and myGov will get some fixes but not all.

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Posted on 18 August 202318 August 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 49

John Ford 049

With parliament on break and the Matildas playing football, there wasn’t a lot of Canberra news. But what we do have is dominated by incompetence at both the ATO and Services Australia.

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Posted on 28 July 202328 July 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 46

Kathryn Campbell 046

Robodebt’s main villain quit her new job, fraudsters hit the tax office, there’s more news of shoddy government IT procurement, and there’s routine reports from committees.

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Posted on 14 April 202314 April 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 32

Anthony Albanese 032

It’s another short week, but we’ve seen news about robodebt, sovereign citizens, AI faking tax returns, enrolment for voting, digital rights, and more. And an influencer has been banned from giving financial advice.

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Posted on 19 February 202320 February 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 25

Mark Dreyfus 025

This week there’s major progress on privacy law reform, no progress on the online services’ esafety codes, a big tax change, and more. Oh, and some Chinese-made cameras were removed from government offices, while Woolworths installed more cameras in their supermarkets.

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Posted on 03 February 202303 February 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 23

Shorten + Thodey 23

The working year has kicked off with a bang. A massive report on myGov and a massive new cultural policy, plus news on digital ID, streaming services, digital platforms, copyright, and even My Health Record. Remember that?

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